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(b) The board of trustees of each school district shall
require students, once during each school day at each school in the
district, to recite:
(1) the pledge of allegiance to the United States flag
in accordance with 4 U.S.C. Section 4, and its subsequent
amendments; and
(2) the pledge of allegiance to the state flag in
accordance with Subchapter C, Chapter 3100, Government Code.
(c) On written request from a student's parent or guardian,
a school district shall excuse the student from reciting a pledge of
allegiance under Subsection (b).
(d) The board of trustees of each school district shall
provide for the observance of one minute of silence at each school
in the district following the recitation of the pledges of
allegiance to the United States and Texas flags under Subsection

Couscous on November 2010

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(b) The board of trustees of each school district shall
require students, once during each school day at each school in the
district, to recite:
(1) the pledge of allegiance to the United States flag
in accordance with 4 U.S.C. Section 4, and its subsequent
amendments; and
(2) the pledge of allegiance to the state flag in
accordance with Subchapter C, Chapter 3100, Government Code.
(c) On written request from a student's parent or guardian,
a school district shall excuse the student from reciting a pledge of
allegiance under Subsection (b).
(d) The board of trustees of each school district shall
provide for the observance of one minute of silence at each school
in the district following the recitation of the pledges of
allegiance to the United States and Texas flags under Subsection

Less archaic than pledging allegiance to people, which was the old version. Actually, I think Commonwealth citizens sometimes still have to swear loyalty to the Queen. I'm almost certain Governors-General do.

That's why you gotta trust your courts of law to be able to make that distinction.

I tend to think, in general, that you should be able to at least make an educated guess as to whether engaging in a given activity breaks the law.

My issues with the UK legislation are also a lot to do with the fact that they were basically crafted entirely and specifically to appease tabloid ire directed at Abu Hamza. The fact that in doing so he was elevated from everyday crank to legendary figure is also something of an annoyance.

Eye of the beholder. Given the timing, and that it was probably Leviticus 20:13 since that will fit on a t-shirt, then it's not an unreasonable assumption. If you bring a tee-shirt calling for gays to be killed during an anti-gay bullying event, it does send a certain message.

The legal definition cannot simply be the eye of the beholder. Some beholders are batshit crazy. As I understand, laws like this generally key to what a reasonable person would think or feel in such-and-such a situation. The reasonable qualifier is important here.

Leviticus sends the message that you are a hateful goose, but it doesn't send the message "I'm going to beat the shit out of you" unless several other conditions are met. Otherwise I would be afraid to stand next to Jim DeMint. I'm not, of course, I just hate him.

The reasonable requirement doesn't mean that the administrator has to believe violence will happen. Simply that it's more likely to happen. Or that he'll end up with a sufficient enough of a screaming match that class will be disrupted. Is it really that unreasonable to believe that those t-shirts wouldn't be seen as aggressively confrontational given the raised emotional levels? Even Tinker leaves that as an out for school administrators. And we're also debating this as if the students in question are "good" students. For all we know they may not be. If they or one has a history of fighting then it's without question the right call to make.

That's why you gotta trust your courts of law to be able to make that distinction.

I tend to think, in general, that you should be able to at least make an educated guess as to whether engaging in a given activity breaks the law.

My issues with the UK legislation are also a lot to do with the fact that they were basically crafted entirely and specifically to appease tabloid ire directed at Abu Hamza. The fact that in doing so he was elevated from everyday crank to legendary figure is also something of an annoyance.

I wish all tabloids would just die.

All of them.

Also all politically biased newspapers.

They are worthless, how are you meant to form a valid opinion about an issue if the data has already been processed to favour one party over another?

In the case of The Wall, you can if you think it's terrible. Because it is. Objectively.

I really do have reasons for not liking it.

For one, it's a Roger Waters album, and that guy is shit without Gilmour. Secondly, it's the worst kind of concept album. The kind where themes are used without variation, pointless songs to move the "story" along, and, probably one of the worst crimes committed against music, this is the album with Run like Hell on it. Also at the point in time of The Wall Water's singing voice had grown into this really nasally and unlistenable whine. Finally, it's way way waaaaay too 80's in it's production.

Now. There are some really good songs on that album. Sadly 5 songs out of... what? 27 total? Yeah. That's not a good album.